project we are contributing is an amalgamation of dance, music,
painting, and spoken-word poetry. While you enjoy this structured
improvisation, take a moment to contemplate your understanding of
the universe's origins whether it be religious, scientific, or
otherwise ... then try to look past it. What do we really know about
our beginnings? What does- this interpretation say about us as
humans?

THOMAS BREADON, JR.
RACHEL MESSING
OLIVIA MOONITZ
JOEY KLUESENER
MOLLY W. SCHENCK

DMA BASSOON RECITAL
ASU RECITAL HALL
APRIL 11,2015 • SPM

ARIZONA

STATE

UNIVERSITY

School of Music

Program

Program Notes

Partita for solo bassoon
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.

Gordon Jacob
(1895-1984)

Preludio
Valse
Presto
Aria antiqua
Capricietto

Impressions for oboe and bassoon
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.

Free, Contemplative
Tempo Rubato
Quick and Lively
Adagio
Jaunty

Thomas Breadon,Jr.
(b.1988)

Sweetly Turning Sour for bassoon duet

Adam Nurre
(b.1981)

Divertissement for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon
I.
II.
III.
IV.

Prelude: Moderato
Allegretto assai
Elegie: Grave
Scherzo

Jean Fran~aix
(1912-1997)

My intention in writing Impressions was to present to both the
audience and the performers short and simple character pieces, each
leaving very contrasting mental images of people, places, or ideas.
To achieve this, I not only used very different stylistic qualities in
each movement, but different compositional techniques, and varying
degrees of prescriptive score markings such as articulations, tempos,
and dynamics. To add to the extreme shifts in comprehension the
performers must face between movements, they also face the
challenges of ornamentation and improvisation.
Sweetly Turning Sour was commissioned by Bill Jobert and Nora
Snow on behalf of the Wright State University Bassoon Studio in the
summer of 2012. The work, scored for bassoon duet, is based around
a simple two-part invention which is mutated and modulated
through a series of various twists and turns as the piece evolves.
Please remember to silence your cell phones and behave
appropriately.
(Program notes for Sweetly Turning Sour supplied by the composer, Adam
Nurre).

**There will be a 10-minute intermission**
(You may now move to the reception in the lobby)

Creation

Partitafor solo bassoon was written by Gordon Jacob in 1970.
Partita, along with Jacob's Suite for bassoon and string quartet, was
dedicated to British bassoonist and musicologist William
Waterhouse (1931-2007). Waterhouse was the principal of the
London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and a
teacher at the Royal Northern College of Music.

Breadon/Schenck/Stanton

***************
Out of respect for the performers and those audience members around you, please
tum all beepers, cell phones and watches to their silent mode. Thank you.

Divertissement by Jean Fran~aix was written in 1941 for the Trio
Andre' Dupont. It's wit, complexity, and lightness is typical of
Fran~aix's composition style throughout his life, and that of the 20th
century Parisian style.
Creation is the result of my collaboration with dancer Molly W.
Schenck and spoken-word poet Tomas Stanton. It started with Molly
and I receiving a grant through the Herberger Institute for Design
and the Arts to contribute to the ongoing Creation Project which is
promoting interdisciplinary collaboration in the arts, and the
contemplation of the origins of the universe and creativity. The

project we are contributing is an amalgamation of dance, music,
painting, and spoken-word poetry. While you enjoy this structured
improvisation, take a moment to contemplate your understanding of
the universe's origins whether it be religious, scientific, or
otherwise ... then try to look past it. What do we really know about
our beginnings? What does- this interpretation say about us as
humans?

THOMAS BREADON, JR.
RACHEL MESSING
OLIVIA MOONITZ
JOEY KLUESENER
MOLLY W. SCHENCK

DMA BASSOON RECITAL
ASU RECITAL HALL
APRIL 11,2015 • SPM

ARIZONA

STATE

UNIVERSITY

School of Music